Extensive coverage of Ruth Davidson’s Orwell Prize Lecture

18 May 2017

With Orwell back in headlines due to the rise of ‘alternative facts’ and ‘fake news’, six books with ‘something prescient to say’ are up for best political writing prize. The books were announced by The Orwell Prize this week, and the event also featured a lecture from, Scottish Conservative and Unionist leader, Ruth Davidson on Orwellian nationalism. The event was extensively covered in the media and we bring together a selection of links for you here:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/15/hillsborough-brexit-gun-control-2017-orwell-prize-shortlist-announced-political-writing

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-election-scotland-davidson-idUKKCN18B2A2

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-39928846

http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/general-election/ruth-davidson-snp-guilty-of-orwellian-nationalism-1-4446416

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/15/ruth-davidson-snps-nationalism-has-cowed-unionist-scots-past/

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2017/05/ruth-davidsons-patriotism-shows-how-nationalist-scotland-and-england-have

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2017/may/15/general-election-2017-may-workers-rights-corbyn-nhs-politics-live

http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/804875/Ruth-Davidson-Nicola-Sturgeon-SNP-Independence-general-election

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15287550.Works_on_Easter_Rising_and_Hillsborough_on_Orwell_Prize_shortlist/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-4508374/Nationalism-patriotism-different-says-Ruth-Davidson-attack-SNP.html

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/orwellian-snp-is-not-patriotic-says-davidson-zqkqhs5l0

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/video/video-1464957/Ruth-Davidson-Conservative-address-Orwell-Foundation.html

http://home.bt.com/video/ruth-davidson-becomes-first-conservative-to-address-the-orwell-foundation-91364180705375

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